ネズミ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. mouse; rat
2. dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
Pitch accent
ズミ
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Used in vocabulary (72 in total)
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
house mouse (Mus musculus)
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap
Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus); Mongolian jird
white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura); shrew
black rat
harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena); harbour porpoise; common porpoise
field mouse; meadow mouse
white rat or mouse
Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli); any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)
African mole rat (any rodent of family Bathyergidae)
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap
Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)
small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
squirrel
rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.
rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.
much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
pyramid scheme
Chinese fancy mouse (usu. all-white with red eyes)
rathole; mousehole
reddish grey (colour)
harvest mouse (Mus minutus)
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
black rat; roof rat; field mouse
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)
Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)
Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)
grey tinged with brown (gray)
Salmonella typhimurium
white rat; white rat that serves Daikoku (god of wealth)
large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni); red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
kangaroo rat (of North America; any rodent of genus Dipodomys)
rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)
Salmonella typhimurium
lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)
rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster); water-rat
striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)
Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum); annual ryegrass; Australian ryegrass; short rotation ryegrass; Westerwolds ryegrass; darnel
Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou; rat-squirrel
Salmonella typhimurium
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
Examples (16 in total)
I saw a mouse.
Are you afraid of rats?
I caught a mouse.